Detection and Characterization of Hepatitis E Virus in Goats at Slaughterhouse in Tai’an Region, China

Table 1

Sequence identity (%) among 7 HEV strains (subtype 4 h, genotype 4), including the 2 goat liver HEV isolates and 5 HEV reference strains.

Sequences	Swine (1)	Human (2)	Cow (2)	Goat 2
Goat 1	76.6	76.9–81.8	92.5–93.0	89.9
Goat 2	75.3	75.6–80.5	91.2–91.7
Cow (2)	82.3	82.6–87.3
Human (2)	84.9–96.9

Note. Numbers in parentheses stand for number of HEV reference sequences: swine (GQ306004); human (JF309212, HM439252); cow (KU974951, KX902214).